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Thinking in algorithms

6 January, 2022

Today we rely on algorithms in almost everything, moreover, we strive to think along the pattern of algorithms. Where did this algorithmic rationality come from? what are its boundaries? and whether it is possible to be irrational — all this we discuss in a new episode.


Guest - philosopher Ivan Kuzin
Moderator - Anton Kuznetsov

Timecode:

00:00 - Introduction
01:05 - What is algorithmic rationality
02:34 - Cold War and algorithmic rationality 
07:43 - Flaws of algorithmic rationality, a person is not rational
09:52 - Tversky and Kahneman's Cognitive distortion studies
18:33 - Do Kahneman and Tversky's experiments cancel rationality?
20:37 - Solving ethical problems and the emergence of evolutionary psychology
24:24 - Competition
25:37 - Competition between machine and natural intelligence
28:38 - Any philosophical system is a special type of rationality
29:31 - There is no absolute irrationality
30:14 - After all, is there a difference between algorithmic and human rationality?
33:40 - Algorithmic rationality evolves, but does not disappear
35:21 - Prospects for the development of algorithms 
37:15 - The impact of machine learning, the opacity of neural networks
39:12 - Threats to the development of machine intelligence
40:22 - Machine Intelligence, DNA and God
43:10 - Technological singularity
44:27 - Does it make sense to talk about the ideal of rationality?
46:57 - Reason and rationality
47:43 - Summary from Mary

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